Soldiers Steal Armoured Personnel Carrier So They Can Buy Vodka

matcom

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Tue Jun-28-05 08:15 AM
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Soldiers Steal Armoured Personnel Carrier So They Can Buy Vodka

Edited on Tue Jun-28-05 08:15 AM by matcom

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TWO Russian soldiers are in trouble after driving an armoured personnel carrier 40km to buy vodka.

They were caught after crashing through a fence into a used-car showroom, demolishing several vehicles, on the way back.
The soldiers took the armoured vehicle from their military base, near Yekaterinburg in Siberia, and drove it to the nearest town.

After finding vodka they started heading back to the base but their driving declined as they sampled their shopping.

They were arrested by police who caught up with them after the APC broke down.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15742017-13762,00.html

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northzax

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Tue Jun-28-05 08:16 AM
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1. seems reasonable

can you blame them? better than drinking jet fuel, which the Soviet airforce was renowned for.

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Zuni

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Tue Jun-28-05 08:28 AM
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3. the Soviet Military is world renowned for it's creative uses

for getting drunk off things normally handled by HAZMAT teams

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northzax

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Tue Jun-28-05 08:34 AM
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4. kinda explains a lot, doesn't it?

Edited on Tue Jun-28-05 08:34 AM by northzax

I mean, if you got posted to Siberia for a winter and then didn't get paid for six months, wouldn't you be a drunk?

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Zuni

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Tue Jun-28-05 08:50 AM
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5. My family is Russian and my relatives over there

are drunk pretty much 24/7 regardless

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kedrys

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Tue Jun-28-05 08:18 AM
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2. As long as it wasn't a French brand like Grey Goose...

I don't see the problem here... :P

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ucmike

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Tue Jun-28-05 09:03 AM
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6. sounds like that scene from "stripes"

bill murray and co. smash through the roadblock and the two russian soldiers discuss picking up girls in minsk with the armored rv.

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